Saturday, April 14, 2007

If you look at the pictures of my past events, it is easy to tell what my favorite game is: Half-life 2: Deathmatch.

The game is cheap to buy on Steam (it is only $9.99) and its also available as part of Valve's Temporary Tournament Steam Accounts if you wish to provide the game free at your event. It is relatively easy to learn and the gaming action is non stop. If you die, you respawn in a couple of seconds rather than have to wait till the next round starts like in Counter-Strike. It is great fun to yell at the person who just threw a radiator at you only to return the favor a few seconds later. It can get to be very competitive as the final seconds of the round approach and there is a three way tie going on only to be broken by the guy sitting next to you. For veterans, there are plenty of great community maps to play on. My only grip is that the game doesn't have any bots for n00bs to play against or fill servers with when there is only one player is on the server. This game has been the center of most of my LAN Parties because of the number of people who enjoy playing it. You can't beet the fun of creaming the next to with a toilet or making someone fly with the RPG.

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

There is more to a LAN Party than just games. Thats where this list of crazy games comes in to play. These games may also be known as Stupid LAN Party games or Take-a-break-from-your-computer Games. They give gamers a reason to get up from their 20 hour game-a-thon and take a break to rest their eyes and stretch their legs and have a little fun doing something else.

I have complied a list of these games from other LAN Parties...

Poetry Contest (Stompfest) Write a poem about Gaming, the LAN Party or Computers. The best one wins

Stupid Human Tricks (Stompfest) Whoever can do the coolest trick like bend their fingers or fold them self into a pretzel wins.

Talent show (PDX LAN 4.05 ) Gamers show off there singing, musical abilities, impersonations and more.

Find Your Shoes in the Pile (ATI Revolution) Everyone tosses their shoes into a pile and the first person to find and get their shoes on and tied first wins.

Monday, April 2, 2007

I've gone through 200 maps and I've looked them over and scored them. I didn't follow a rubric but the ones I scored high tended to be unique, fit in with the half-life universe and be fun to play on.

The whole list is posted in a Google spreadsheet- original copy and an editable one. Feel free to add your ratings to the discussion panel and I will add them to the chart or I may even invite you to collaborate with me on it.